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A true love forever electrifies
Bridging soul's justice that's justified
Consequences or situations only intensify
Dedication of mind,body,and soul hypnotized
Everything is devotion to try and unify
Flow like 2H2O our heart's as one I visualize
Guaranteed as contracts our tickers satisfied
Happiness over drowning from debt we strive
Interested other's appear to be mystified
Judging all the time they fantasize
Knightly about us I find it is wry
Looking at the arch hands locked mesmerized
Marry me my love? Surprize!
Now pouring like waterfalls out of your eyes
Obviously I love you and I also apologize
Please for give me,I don't want you too cry
Quietly I hear "Yes" it is verified.
Realizing our lives are changed I can't deny
Starting a family,something I've never tried
The next chapter of us forever fortified
United as one my brain you tantalize
Vandalized by enchantment we are glamorized
Waves into tsunamis we grow towards the sky
Xenophon could not specify
You and I,as well as our desire to try
Zamenhof on the other hand may understand why

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Editor’s Note

The number one question our editors receive is—what do the editors and judges look for when judging the contest? The number one answer we give is creativity. Unlike prose, writing composed in everyday language, poetry is considered a creative art and requires a different type of effort and a certain level of depth. Of the thousands of poems entered in each contest, the ones that catch our judges’ eyes are the ones that remove us, even just slightly, from the scope of everyday life by using language that is interesting, specific, vivid, obscure, compelling, figurative, and so on. Oftentimes, poems are pulled aside for a second look based simply on certain words that intrigued the reader. So first and foremost, be sure your poetry is written using creative language. Take general ideas and make them personal. In his infamous book De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”